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Aaron Sorkin is going from Facebook to Apple. Sony Pictures officials say the Oscar-winning writer will write a screenplay based on the Steve Jobs biography.

By ADAM GELLER AP National Writer When Hollywood set out to tell the story of how Mark Zuckerberg launched Facebook, it enjoyed the flexibility of portraying a man who, despite his social network's... By ADAM GELLER AP National Writer When Hollywood set out to tell the story of how Mark Zuckerberg launched Facebook, it enjoyed the flexibility of ... (more)

Andrew Serwer, managing editor of Fortune magazine, says the social network is more than just a fad.

Tropical Storm Aletta has formed in the Pacific, becoming the first named storm of the year in the eastern north Pacific.

Facebook's reach is wide but not deep. Few users surveyed in an Associated Press-CNBC poll say they click on the site's ads or buy the virtual goods that make money for it.

Katherine Losse, who joined the social network giant back in 2005 and remained for five years has a deal for "The Boy Kings: A Journey into the Heart of the Social Network." The Free Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, announced Tuesday that the book will come out June 26.

Facebook on Tuesday increased the price range at which it plans to sell stock to the public, as investor enthusiasm in the offering continued to mount and boost the potential value of the world's most popular social... France gets a new president as Francois Hollande is sworn in as the country's first Socialist leader in nearly two decades at a ... (more)

Screens outside the Grauman's Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Blvd. advertise for people to "Become a Fan" of the Theatre on Facebook is seen at the Los Angeles premiere of the film "What to Expect When You're Expecting," Monday, May 14, 2012, in Los Angeles.

Washington, May 15: Half of Americans think that the world's most popular social networking site Facebook is a passing fad, according to a poll.

The Associated Press-CNBC Poll on the social networking website Facebook and its upcoming initial public offering was conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Corporate Communications from May 3-7. It is based on landline and cellphone telephone interviews with a nationally representative random sample of 1,004 adults.

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today : The Obama administration today sets a 2025 deadline to find effective treatments and perhaps even a way to prevent the mind-destroying disease that afflicts 5.4 million Americans.

Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin has renounced his U.S. citizenship, a move expected to save him hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes stemming from the company's impending initial public offering.

Mark Zuckerberg in 2000 as a high school sophomore at Ardsley and member of the school's fencing team.

Hip-hop mogul Jay-Z announced Monday that he's headed to the City of Brotherly Love over Labor Day weekend to headline the "Budweiser Made in America" festival, which he's also curated.

Facebook is set to go public this week. The company will sell 337 million shares of the company at $28 to 35 dollars a share in what could be the biggest IPO in history.

Hip-hop mogul Jay-Z announced Monday that he's headed to the City of Brotherly Love over Labor Day weekend to headline the "Budweiser Made in America" festival, which he's also curated.

An outspoken priest who runs a shelter for migrants in southern Mexico has temporarily left his facility after receiving death threats.

For the past 30 years, the windmills of the San Gorgonio Pass have spun out a living history of the... In this Feb.

This Jan. 3, 2011 file photo shows Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg smiling in San Francisco.

Now that two kidnapped girls have been reunited with their family, it will be up to them to answer the many lingering questions in the case.